Category: Movies

Dangerous Stunts from the Silent Era

Movie stunts today have never been bigger or more exciting, right?  Of course most movies use computer graphics and the actors are in no real danger… but back in the silent era of films, when movies were just getting started, stunt work could cost an actor his life.

Mental Floss takes a look at Six Dangerous Stunts from the Silent Movie Era.  You might want to as well.

Drive: Crime Classic in the Making

Have you seen the trailer for “Drive”?  It is the best looking trailer I’ve seen in a long time and if the movie turns out to be as good as the teaser indicates, then we are in for a crime classic.  The source material is more than solid since it’s based on the crime novel Drive by James Sallis [that I reviewed here].

Ok.  Enough of my praise.  Check out the redband trailer and see for yourself.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

At ComicCon this past weekend, Robert Rodriguez announced that “Frank [Miller] has written a script for Sin City 2It could shoot as early as later this year.

The Sin City sequel will follow the same format as the original movie with three interconnected tales. “A Dame to Kill For” will be the main title and is based on the Frank Miller story of the same name. The Long Bad Night is the second yarn with no mention of the third’s title at this point.

Jeremy Treece is Expendable

Jeremy Treece has created art for comic books, trading cards, animation and independent films. Last week we posted the Rambo piece that my buddy, John Beatty gifted me. Today we have Treece’s take on Barney Ross of The Expendables that John Beatty also surprised me with.

You can see more of Jeremy’s art here… and definitely again at the ZONE in the future.

Jeremy Treece Rocks Rambo

Jeremy Treece has created art for comic books, trading cards, animation and independent films. Not too long ago, Jeremy was sketching live on U-Stream in a marathon session. My buddy, John Beatty called me to say that he’d ordered a couple of pieces for me. The first was his take on a young Rambo. [JB also requested a Barney Ross of The Expendables and I ordered up a Jack Carter — they’ll be posted in the future.]

You can see more of Jeremy’s art here… and definitely again here at the SZ in the future.

Captain America Poster… Blues

This is the first thing relating to the new Captain America movie that I’ve seen that I haven’t really liked.  This poster could have been so much better… the Red Skull should have looked more menacing… Cap should have looked bigger/broader and in a more action pose… Dum Dum Dugan should have been much bigger…

The good news is the poster may not be up to par, but the movie looks to rock.